Basilicata · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Basilicata in Italy

The protected area is the whole administrative region, so its official outline is used. Boundary: Eurostat NUTS 2021 regions (© EuroGeographics). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Basilicata must meet.

16 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l	Sugar max. g/l
Basilicata Bianco	–	20	80	10	10.5	–	5	14	–
Basilicata Bianco frizzante	–	20	80	10	10.5	–	5	14	–
Basilicata Rosso	–	20	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	18	–
Basilicata Rosso frizzante	–	20	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	18	–
Basilicata Rosso novello	–	20	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	18	10
Basilicata Rosato	–	20	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	15	–
Basilicata Rosato frizzante	–	20	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	15	–
Basilicata Rosso Passito	–	20	50	10.5	14.5	13	4	25	–
Basilicata Bianco Passito	–	20	50	10	13	12	4	25	–
Basilicata varietale bianco	85% named variety (white)	19	80	10	10.5	–	5	14	–
Basilicata varietale rosso	85% named variety (red)	19	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	18	–
Basilicata varietale rosato	85% named variety (rose)	19	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	15	–
Basilicata varietale bianco frizzante	85% named variety (white)	19	80	10	10.5	–	5	14	–
Basilicata varietale rosso frizzante	85% named variety (red)	19	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	18	–
Basilicata varietale rosato frizzante	85% named variety (rose)	19	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	15	–
Basilicata varietale rosso novello	85% named variety (red)	19	80	10.5	11	–	4.5	18	10

From the official production rules (disciplinare di produzione). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

Blend rules

Basilicata varietale bianco

≥ 85% named variety (white) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour · Others allowed

Blend rules

Basilicata varietale rosso

≥ 85% named variety (red) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour · Others allowed

Blend rules

Basilicata varietale rosato

≥ 85% named variety (rose) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour · Others allowed

Blend rules

Basilicata varietale bianco frizzante

≥ 85% named variety (white) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour · Others allowed

Blend rules

Basilicata varietale rosso frizzante

≥ 85% named variety (red) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour · Others allowed

Blend rules

Basilicata varietale rosato frizzante

≥ 85% named variety (rose) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour · Others allowed

Blend rules

Basilicata varietale rosso novello

≥ 85% named variety (red) · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic varieties of the same colour · Others allowed

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Cellar

Where the wine must be made

Within the production zone

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
Legge 12 dicembre 2016, n. 238 (Testo unico della vite e del vino), Articles 3, 28 and 33 · Repubblica Italiana · Official act
NUTS 2021 regions, 1:10 million (GISCO) · Eurostat; © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries · Eurostat GISCO terms (attribution)
Disciplinare di produzione: Basilicata · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act

Still to check (3)

Same area as its administrative region; the boundary is the region's outline.
From the specification: Varietal wines ('varietale' products here) may name one variety suitable for Basilicata (Allegato 2, not in the extracted text), excluding Aglianico and Montepulciano; they take the limits of the wine of the same colour. Frizzante wines range from dry to amabile and Bianco Passito from dry to sweet, so sweetness is null. Aromatic grapes for passito may be lightly dried on the vine or on racks.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.